Plastic packing with braided asbestos jacket



' Oct. 25,1938. F. E. PAYNE I 2,134,671

PLASTIC PACKING WITH BRAIDED ASBESTOS JACKET Filed Dec. 1o, 19ss fizz/67x50,"

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Patented Oct. 25, 193$,

ear ur orri ca PMflTIG PACKING WITH nnamun ASBESTOS JACKET Frank E. Payne, Glenccc, IllL, asngnor to Crane Patching of Iliinois tlompany, Chicago, Ill., a. corporation Application December It, 1936, denial No. 115,253

3 Claims.

My invention relates to improvements in pack= ing of the type in which a plastic core is pro- The claims of this facturing the packing. The product is claimed in a divisional application Ser. No. 230,159, filed September 15, 1938.

The general object is to provide a packing which is resilient, tough, has great tensile strength, will not shear off readily, is dry-lubricated thoroughly on its wearing face, and will withstand high tem peratures.

In stumng boxes which have unduly large clearances, there is a tendency for the packings now used to shear on in small particles and work out through the clearance spaces. To prevent this it is necessary to provide posite ends of the stumng box.

The packing of the present invention, when formed in rings to surround the shaft which passes through the stufling box, does not shear ofi, requires no end reinforcement, and has many of the advantages of other plastic packings of somewhat similar composition but without the disadvantages thereof.

The new packing comprises a core containing fibrous material, preferably long fiber asbestos, graphite, rubber or Duprene binder, originally in unvulcanized form, braided with asbestos yarn which may be reinforced with wire, squeezed to force some of the plastic composition into and. through the jacket, after which the packing vulcanized, forming a thorough y bound contposition with a tough wearing jacket, permeated with the binder and graphite.

In' the drawing: Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the outlet of the extruding machine;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the plastic material with a jacket braided thereon;

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the packing after it has been pressed to a rectangular cross section; Fig. 4 is a partial elevation of a pair of rolls;

Fig. 5 is an enlarged perspective view of the product; and v Fig. 6 is an elevation of a completed, packing end. rings at op- (or. 28 l.)

plained, and in fact the composition as a whole may be varied as long as the product is plastic or resilient and capable of retaining its resiliency and withstanding high temperatures after vulcanization. The rubber in the mixture as it is 5 extruded, is unvulcanized. The core, upon extrusion, is wound or reinforced with a light thread of fibrous material H such as cotton which may be braided thereon. The braided covering aids in holding the core together until it is further 1o reinforced. This additional reinforcement is applied by passing the product thus formed through a braiding machine to braid around it asbestos yarn it, which, if necessary, may be reinforced with fine, non-abrasive wire, as for example 15 Monel wire.

The unvulcanized core is soft when it is run through the braider and as the braid tightly em-. braces the core there is a tendency for the latter to squeeze out through the braided material. 20"

This squeezing out is definitely assured by passing the product, thus far formed, between a pair of rolls, which causes thelmaterial of the core to extrude or work: its way through the interstices of the jacket, thus forming more or. less of an outer 25 coating Hi of graphite and binder. In addition the jacket is thoroughly smeared with rubber cement or other binder, and graphite, before the vulcanizing operation, thus thoroughly impregnating the fibers.

The rolls it, Hi, through which the unvulcanized product is passed are shown in Fig. 4. These rolls may comprise one with a rib! I thereon, the other one having a groove Id therein, forming a pass it through which the product is 35 forced, thus changing it from its round section it, shown in dotted lines in this figure, to 9. rectangular or square section corresponding to the pass.

dies or otherwise instead of by the-use of rolls. The pressure appliedis insumcient to cause bursting of the jacket, which is reinforced by the fine wires ti.

After the squeezing operation the packing is 45 vulcanized, resulting in a resilient, thoroughly bound composition of long fiber asbestos, with a tough wearing jacket impregnated thoroughly with the binder and graphite. The surface of the packing presents an excellent wearing face so which is dry-lubricated and the packing as a whole when made into rings, as shown at 22 in Fig. 6, or when-otherwise cut up into lengths suitable for installation, does not shear oil or wear ofl. in such a way as to require end rings. 55

The squeezing operation may be performed by 40 Packing of the general character described herein is suitable for various classes of service of the yarn.

On the contrary, the wearing face maintains its integrity during long continued use.

As shown in Fig. 5, several braided jackets may be applied to the unvulcanized core and in fact two such jackets are preferable to one. The first braiding is preferably done upon the doughlike mass of he unvulcanized product while the latter is roun in cross section after which the second jacket is braided thereon. The round product is then squeezed bypassing it between rolls or dies and is thereafter shaped by a further squeezing operation at which time its cross section may be changed to square or rectangular,

before itis vulcanized. In this Fig. 5 which is on a larger scale, the diameter: of the yarn is somewhat exaggerated so as to show also the fine metal wire 2! which reinforces the individual strands In certain types of wet lubricated impregnated packin'gs, not onlyis the body of .the packing lacking in resilience but temperatures of 500 F.

to 600 F. will drive out much of the lubricant, leaving the asbestos without oil and graphite,

'and packings in this condition cause friction and unnecessary wear on the shafts or rods on which they The packing described herein will satisfactorily resist temperatures comparable to those just mentioned, and in fact as high as l000 F. for valve stem and other service where steam or hot gases are present. 1

Where'th packing is not to be subjected high temperatures, however, shreds of non-abrasive metal or other small, soft metal particles may be includedin the core, such for example as particles of lead .or copper.

includinguseon homogenizers, i. e.', reciprocating plungers operating against pressures up to 10,000 pounds per square inch.

Where the packing is to be used in conjunction Kieth food products, mica is substituted for graph- The asbestos yarn commercially used is said to contain about ofcotton, which latter may burn away-when the packing is subjected to. temperatures such as those described herein. The use of metal wire is therefore very'desirable as a reinforcing material and may be made not'only of Monel metal but of brass, copper,

' Swedish iron or othernon-abrasive metal. With a double braided jacket of reinforced asbestos a touch outer casing is assured, even after the cotton burnsaway.

The packing, as stated, has great tensile strength, the lubrication is not dissipated as in certain cases where 011 is incorporated, said packing has great resilience at all times due to the plastic core, dry-lubrication is presented at the wearing face, the packing does not harden under the highest steam temperatures or harden while in stock and it does not require end rings in case annular clearances are large.

I claim:

1. The process of manufacturing packing com- 1 prising, extruding a plastic mixture of graphite,

asbestos fiber and unvulcanized rubber, braidinga -light retaining jacket over the extruded core to maintain its shape during subsequent operations, thereafter braiding a heavier jacket of asbestos fibers over said core, shaping the product thus formed to obtain the desired cross section and to squeeze some of the core through the interstices of the jacket and thereafter vulcanizing the product thus produced, whereby said jacket is vulcanized to said core and a resilient product is provided.

- 2. The process of manufacturing packing comprising, extruding a length of plastic material having asbestos fibers, graphite and unvulcanized rubber therein, surrounding the material thus extruded in a light covering to' facilitate feeding the same to a braiding machine, braiding a jacket of reinforced asbestos yarn over the product thus formed, compressing said product to force some of the core material through the interstices of the jacket, applying additional graphite and a binder to the exterior of the product and thereafter vulcanizing the same whereby a compressible, resilient product is formed, which is drylubricated and tough on its wearing face,and

capable of withstanding high temperatures.

3. The process of manufacturing packing in continuous lengths comprising, extguding a plastic mixture containing asbestos fibers, graphite and a binder in a continuous length, braiding a light, fibrous jacket around the same, thereafter braiding a heavier jacket around the same, of

asbestos yarn reinforced with fine metal wire, 

